Was inspired to try Acting after reading about how Sir Trevor Eve gave up a career in Architecture to become an actor.

Did not start acting until he was in his mid-twenties.

Dillane is famous for portraying Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones. After season 5 of Game of Thrones, he said in an interview that he did not enjoy the show, and took the job only due to the money. Many fans of the show however interpreted this sentiment as a perfectly "Stannis thing to do", because Dillane's character, Stannis, gets involved in the wars and politics shown in the Game of Thrones despite not enjoying them.

Personal Quotes (4)

If you feel uncomfortable on stage, you can very easily descend into a sort of abyss, convinced you're the worst actor ever, that you're a disgrace to the profession, that you're a disgrace to yourself. It's an awful feeling.

Am I melancholy? I certainly have moments. I like to think there's a capacity for joy as well.

I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character isn't actually quite often the means by which an actor overcomes his own terror of standing there onstage and creating a mask to hide behind.